If we had not known of any other slave-making ant, it would have been hopeless to have speculated how so wonderful an instinct could have been perfected.
Huber to be a slave-making ant. This species is found in the southern parts of England, and its habits have been attended to by Mr.
Instincts comparable with habits, but different in their origin -- Instincts graduated -- Aphides and ants -- Instincts variable -- Domestic instincts, their origin -- Natural instincts of the cuckoo, ostrich, and parasitic bees -- Slave-making ants -- Hive-bee, its cell-making instinct - - Difficulties on the theory of the Natural Selection of instincts -- Neuter or sterile insects -- Summary.
Le Moli, "Behavioural plasticity and domestic degeneration in facultative and obligatory
slave-making ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)," Monitore Zoologico Italiano, vol.
From the perspective of evolutionary history, the American
slave-making ant Protomognathus americanus is an old social parasite that is entirely dependent on other ant species for its survival.
Sex ratio determination and worker reproduction in the
slave-making ant Harpagoxenus sublaevis.
Sexual behaviour in the
slave-making ant Harpagoxenus canadensis M.
Dominance orders, worker reproduction, and queen-worker conflict in the
slave-making ant Harpagoxenus sublaevis.
So reports Howard topoff, a psychologist at Hunter College in New York City, who has been analyzing the behavior of the western
slave-making ant, Polyergus breviceps, in an Arizona mountain desert.
The "chief family" of
slave-making ants (owners) is called "The Shining" because their bodies "shine with a gloss like varnish." A well-orchestrated slave ant society is comprised of several central roles: the slave-makers, the masters, and the slaves themselves.
Slave-making ants sometimes mark victims for violence during a takeover, yet "this is the first study of which I am aware that shows this is going on inside a single colony.